Temporomandibular Joint Flashcards
What is bruxism?
Grinding teeth when sleeping
lateral pterygoid muscle helps….
comes from….
helps protude the madibule muscles
running laterall attached to the TMJ joint, to the condylar process, anterorior it is attched to the pterygoid plates of the sphenoid bone
What are the movements of the TMJ generally produced by?
Muscles of mastication Hyoid muscles
Massater does what….
comes from..
elevates the mandibule
zygomtic process/zygomatic bone and inserting into the ramus of the mandible
What are the articular surfaces of the TMJ lined with?
Fibrocartilage
Which muscles carry out protrusion and retraction of the TMJ?
Protrusion - lateral pterygoid Retraction - geniohyoid and digastric
Temporalis does what
if mandible is protruded
inserts into
come from
elevates the mandibular,
it will pull it back in coroniod process attached to mandible,
coronoid process
coming from temporal region and passes deep to the bones of the zygomatic arch
what bones does the 2 mandibular process articulate with
condylar with temporal bone and coronoid process with zygomatic complex
What can be damaged in a dislocation of the TMJ?
Facial and auriculotemporal nerves
Function of the superior and inferior cavities?
Inferior - rotation of the jaw for the first few mm of opening the jaw Superior - translocation of the head of the mandible (moving anteriorly and inferiorly) for opening of the jaw the rest of the way
Where does the sphenoidmandibular ligament run from and to?
From the sphenoid spine to the mandible
Which muscles carry out elevation and depression of the TMJ?
Depression - gravity. If there is resistance, digastric, geniohyoid and mylohyoid muscles Elevation - temporalis, masseter, medial pterygoid muscles
What happens in a dislocation of the TMJ?
Head of mandible slips out of the mandibular fossa and pulled anteriorly over the articular tubercle - patient unable to close their mouth
Where does the stylomandibular ligament run from and to?
Thickening of the fascia of the parotid gland
What articulates at the TMJ?
Mandibular fossa and head of mandible with the articular tubercle from the squamous part of the temporal bone